TOTAL TIME
About 1 hour

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Ingredients

2 teaspoons unrefined peanut oil or sesame oil
1 large onion, in thick slices
1 3-inch piece ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
1/2 cup thinly sliced lemon grass
1 2-inch piece cinnamon stick
2 star anise
4 cloves
1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds, crushed
1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds, crushed
4 small dry red chiles
1/8 teaspoon turmeric
2 teaspoons sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 teaspoons Asian fish sauce
8 cups fish broth or chicken broth
Salt and pepper
8 ounces thin rice noodles (vermicelli)
2 pounds mussels, scrubbed
1 pound squid, sliced 1/2-inch thick
1/2 cup roughly chopped cilantro, for garnish
1/4 cup chopped scallions, for garnish
Leaves from 1 small bunch Thai basil, for garnish
6 fresh green or red Thai bird chiles, slivered, for garnish
Lime wedges, for garnish